Dinalie Dabarera recommends
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
I recently finished reading Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (Picador), which very poignantly deals with some themes similar to those in my own book, like family, culture and...
Dinalie Dabarera on ‘Quiet Time with My Seeya’
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Dinalie Dabarera's debut picture book Quiet Time with My Seeya tells a gentle story of the relationship between a young child and her Sinhalese grandpa. 'This mutual love and tenderness...
Ultimo acquires Yankovich debut book on friendship in ‘heated auction’
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Ultimo Press has acquired UK/Commonwealth rights to Gyan Yankovich’s debut work of nonfiction Just Friends. Rights were acquired in a ‘heated auction’ in a deal agented by Rach Crawford at...
Transit Lounge acquires Cameron literary thriller
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to The Rewilding, the second novel by Donna M Cameron, via Fiona Johnson at Beyond Words Literary Agency. ‘The Rewilding captures the essence of...
King joins HarperCollins as nonfiction publisher
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
HarperCollins Australia has appointed Georgia Frances King to the role of publisher, commissioning nonfiction for the ABC Books and HarperCollins imprints. King replaces Jude McGee, who left HarperCollins in December...
Strong season for publishers as sales top pre-pandemic figures
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
BookTok drove sales of US titles, print delays were a challenge and, looking ahead, 'pricing will finally be going up', but for most publishers, Christmas 2022 was a good one....
PRH signs Johns in two-book deal
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to the novel The Other Bridget Jones by Rachael Johns in a two-book deal, agented by Helen Breitwieser of Cornerstone Literary....
Judith Wright Poetry Prize, Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlists
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
The shortlists for the 2022 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize and Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize have been announced. The eight poems shortlisted for the Judith Wright Poetry Prize are:...
B&N sales up in 2022
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
In the US, sales at chain bookseller Barnes & Noble (B&N) in 2022 were ‘very comfortably’ above pre-pandemic levels, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). CEO James Daunt told PW 2022 was...
Scribe acquires Smaill’s ‘Bird Life’
Monday, 13 February 2023
In the UK, Scribe has acquired world English rights to the novel Bird Life by New Zealand author Anna Smaill via Will Francis at Janklow and Nesbit, reports BookBrunch. Smaill...
HarperCollins US reaches ‘tentative’ agreement with unionised employees, sales down in Q2
Monday, 13 February 2023
HarperCollins US has reached a tentative agreement with its employee union after three months of negotiations, reports Publishers Weekly. UAW Local 2110, which represents more than 250 HarperCollins employees in...
Pantera sells ‘Courting Samira’ to HarperVia, acquires fourth Awad novel
Monday, 13 February 2023
Pantera Press has sold world English rights (excluding ANZ) to Amal Awad’s novel Courting Samira to Gretchen Schmid at HarperVia, an imprint of Harper Collins. Courting Samira is a romantic...
Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 February
Friday, 10 February 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper A Country of Eternal Light (Paul Dalgarno, Fourth Estate) The Matchmaker...
MUD Literary Prize increases to $10K, 2023 shortlist announced
Friday, 10 February 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 MUD Literary Prize has been announced. The five shortlisted works, chosen from 33 submissions, are: The Islands (Emily Brugman, A&U) All That’s Left Unsaid (Tracey...
Ultimo acquires ‘The Paris Cooking School’
Friday, 10 February 2023
Ultimo Press has acquired world English-language rights to a novel from Sophie Masson, writing as Sophie Beaumont, in a deal brokered by Margaret Connolly of Margaret Connolly & Associates. The...
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced
Friday, 10 February 2023
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2023 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Illustrated books The Fairy Garden (Georgia Buckthorn, illus...
UQP acquires new O’Keeffe novel
Friday, 10 February 2023
UQP has acquired world rights to The Sitter, a new novel by Angela O’Keeffe, from Shaw Literary. Described by the publisher as ‘startlingly accomplished and multilayered’, The Sitter is about...
BolognaBookPlus 2023 program announced
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) has announced its line-up of events and services for its BolognaBookPlus 2023 program, which takes place alongside the children’s book fair from 6–9 March. BCBF...
Reid steps down at PRH
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Karen Reid has resigned from Penguin Random House (PRH) after 30 years at the company. 'Reid first joined the Transworld publicity department after a stint in bookselling and very quickly...
Varuna: $815K for new ‘accessible venue’; Arts NT fellowship recipients
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Varuna will add a new multi-purpose building to its grounds after receiving $815,827 funding for the project as part of the NSW government WestInvest Community Grants Project. Varuna said the...
Five Mile owner Regency Media appoints administrators
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Regency Media, the owner of Five Mile Press, has entered administration. Regency Media managing director Fiona Horman told Books+Publishing the company has entered voluntary administration and is 'continuing to operate...
Kenny joins Affirm Press; Stannard completes sales team
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Affirm Press has announced Paul Kenny has joined the company on a permanent basis. Kenny takes on the new role of product and data manager and will also fill the...
AWW 2023 program released; short story fest 2023 dates
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Adelaide Writers Week (AWW) has announced the full program for its 2023 festival, which includes a total of 160 literary guests and 130 sessions across six days from Saturday, 4...
Huntley to leave Booktopia
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Booktopia head of customer experience Alex Huntley is leaving his role after almost a decade with the business. 'I’ve chosen to say goodbye as part of Booktopia’s sad but necessary...
Higgins joins Hardie Grant as interim sales director
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Sophie Higgins has joined Hardie Grant as interim sales director, taking over from Julia Kumschick who departed at the end of January for a yearlong sabbatical and will return to...
Chinese market down 12% in 2022
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Overall book sales in China decreased 12% in 2022 according to Beijing OpenBook, reports Publishing Perspectives. While sales via short video ecommerce, such as on TikTok and other platforms, were...
Doris Brett recommends
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
I have been re-reading Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (Penguin). I first read, and loved it, as a teenager. It is a sharply written, laugh-out-loud-on-the-tram novel, satirising the doom-and-gloom,...
Doris Brett on ‘Philomella and the Impossible Forest’
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Philomella and the Impossible Forest is Doris Brett's first fiction book for children. A 'playful take on the classic quest story' the middle-grade novel follows Philomella who stumbles upon a forest...
The Paperback Bookshop under new ownership
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
The Paperback Bookshop, located in Melbourne’s CBD, has been sold by Rosy and Bill Morton after 23 years of ownership. Anna MacDonald took over management on 1 January 2023, after...
NewSouth acquires Tan debut essay collection
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
NewSouth has acquired world rights to Cher Tan’s debut essay collection Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging, which blends ‘cultural criticism, experimental writing, autotheory, (inter)net writing and literary memoir’, according to the...
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